1961. 1st. Cloth. Uncommon 1961 sampling of 100 Japanese textiles for springtime. Photographed in vivid, rich color, with accompanying Japanese text at each plate. Solid and VG- in its russet cloth, with light wear at the spine ends and along the outer hinges and light soilijg to the panels. Square... More

New York: G.W. Dillingham Company. Decorative Cloth. VG in its dark, decorative cloth, with blindstamped design to the panels and bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Very light soiling to the panel edges, light foxing at the endsheets. Thick 12mo, 325 pgs. Translated from "La Bible Dans L'Inde" by Louis Jacolliot. More

1st. Original Wraps. Interesting Japanese publication (c. 1950) looking at the use of Japanese screens as walls. Includes text (in Japanese), floor plans and over 100 crisp black-and-white photos. A VG folio in its printed wrappers, with very light soiling to the panels. More

1971. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Beautiful 1971 study of the design patterns of Japan's Heian Period (795-1100 AD). Clean and Near Fine in its very attractive silver and blue checkered cloth. Folio, roughly 80 lavish tipped-in plates (with accompanying Japanese text) in rich, vivid color. Both the book and its interior... More

Tokyo: The America-Japan Society, 1920. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1920 1st edition. Tight and Near-Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-design and lettering along the front panel and spine. Octavo, 312 pgs. Also includes a 1 pg. ALS from 1920 presenting this book from The America-Japan Society. More

Japan: 1965. Original Wraps. First Thus. April 1965 issue (Vol. XI No. 4) of this wonderful magazine documenting life in post-War Japan. Includes articles (written in English) on "Japanese Birth Control Method", "Ancient 'Keyhole' Tombs" and "Cultured Pearls". Digest-sized octavo, 64 pgs. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. More

1st. Decorative Cloth. Beautiful 2 volume set showcasing the "old textiles of Thailand". Each volume pristine in its ribbon-tied decorative cloth. 100 plates in all (50 in each volume), each a sampling of Thai textiles in rich color. Double folio, also includes a solid, VG example of the publisher's ivory-clasped... More

Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers, 2007. 1st. Hardcover. An immaculate copy of the 2007 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its duotone cloth, with decorative silver design at the front panel. Square quarto, crisp color reproductions thruout. Also includes a pristine example of the publisher's faux-ivory folding chemise, which houses the book. More

Tokyo: Baseball Magazine Co., Ltd., 1969. Original Wraps. 2 wonderful 1969 Japanese monthlies (issues #2 and #3) documenting the life and the place of the Sumo wrestler in Japanese culture. Both issues bright and VG+ in their pictorial wrappers. Quartos, handsome gravure photography thruout. More

Amsterdam: De Hoogebrug, 1921. Decorative Cloth. The 4th year, 3rd issue of this very high-quality art monthly published out of Amsterdam just after World War I. Wendingen: An Illustrated Magazine of the Arts of "Architectura et Amicitia". "This number is dedicated to the East-Asiatic Art of the collection "Petrucci" in... More

The Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, 1989. 1st. Decorative Cloth. SIGNED BY WU GUANZHONG, the subject of this very impressive 1989 catalogue. Clean and Near Fine in its beige cloth. Quarto, 183 pgs., crisp, high-quality color reproductions thruout. The exhibition debuted at the Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco... More

Greece: University of Thessaloniki, 1981. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A crisp, clean copy of the 1981 1st edition. Bright and Near Fine in its russet cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and design at the front panel and spine. Octavo, 192 pgs. plus maps. More

Japan: 1951. Original Wraps. The uncommon 1951 Japanese photoplay/screenplay of Columbia Pictures's version of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salsman", which starred Fredric March as Willy Loman. Clean and well-preserved and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Grainy stills of the film punctuate the script, which is in both English and... More

Japan: The Bureau of Reconstruction Home Office, 1929. Cloth. The uncommon 1929 official report of the outline of reconstruction work in Tokyo and Yokohama in response to the lethal earthquake which struck in the early morning hours of Sept. 1st, 1923. This earthquake was one of the most powerful in... More

Chicago: A,C, McClurg & Co., 1913. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1913 1st edition. VG- in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the front panel and fading at the spine. Light wear as well to the spine base and a former owner inscription (referring to the author, "who we know... More

Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1993. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY DONALD WAGNER on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1993 1st edition. Fine (with unflecked gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 573 pgs. Part of Brill's wonderful "Handbook... More

Canberra: Faculty of Asian Studies--Australian National University, 1984. 1st. Original Wraps. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1984 1st edition. Bright and Near Fine in its orange wrappers. Octavo, 108 pgs. More